Three restaurants, a weekly food market and beer at every turn—all orbiting a massive, sun-soaked
courtyard (complete with 35-foot LED TV). This is what you’re dealing with at Brighton. Trying it
all would be… well, just like you. But herein: the key intel.
The TV will never go to waste. Outdoor summer ales and sporting events (Olympic-sized)
are a given. Movie nights, silent discos and 35-foot Guitar Hero tournaments… are also givens. So
many givens.
There’s an indoor boardwalk. This used to be FoodParc. Now it’s a Brighton Beach–themed pop-up space housing Go Burger, a BLT Fish Shack and a Chinese-lamp-lit
tiki bar supplying rum and draft beers.
The stadium (you had to figure there’d be a stadium) has picnic coolers. Hang a left
beyond the tiki bar for staggered rows of yacht seating, giant coolers (the bar takes bulk bottle orders),
another screen and at least one half-moon, fur-throw-covered daybed. At least.
You can claim your own retractable-roofed terrace at the upstairs restaurant. Oh,
yeah, there’s a vast expanse of dining up there… and you can rent your own terrace. Which’ll
involve couches, steak frites and full LED-screen-takeover rights. The world may finally be ready for your
cinematic vision.
The courtyard is Hester Street Fair North on Thursdays. It’s not Hester Street.
It’s not even a street. And who cares. It’s Pies ’n’ Thighs, Little Muenster and a bunch of
places you’ve been meaning to try, all in one sitting.
